张素帆 Zhāng Sùfān
- 张 zhāng Family name
- 素 sù plain
- 帆 fān sail
张 is a common family name; 素 and 帆 echo sà fán, how Chinese begins Savannah (萨凡纳).
萨凡纳 Sàfánnà
我叫萨凡纳。 Wǒ jiào Sàfánnà. My name is Savannah.
张素帆 Zhāng Sùfān
张 is a common family name; 素 and 帆 echo sà fán, how Chinese begins Savannah (萨凡纳).
陈苏芳 Chén Sūfāng
陈 is a common family name; 苏 and 芳 echo sà fán, how Chinese begins Savannah (萨凡纳).
杨思帆 Yáng Sīfān
杨 is a common family name; 思 and 帆 echo sà fán, how Chinese begins Savannah (萨凡纳).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Savannah is 萨凡纳 (Sàfánnà) in Chinese. To say “My name is Savannah”, say 我叫萨凡纳 (Wǒ jiào Sàfánnà).
By sound, with characters picked for how they are said: Michael is 迈克尔 (Màikè’ěr). Newspapers, subtitles and books use one usual form for each common name.
A name made the Chinese way: a one-character family name first, then one or two characters picked for their meaning. Many learners use one in class.
It’s a starting point. Ask a Chinese speaker or teacher before you put it on anything that lasts, like a tattoo or a document.
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chinese writes some names more than one way.